Spot the trachea! A wide paratracheal air cyst of not easy definition

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Ernesto Crisafulli
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7298-7084
Chiara Lazzari
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Chiara Longo
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Nicol Bernardinello
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Veronica Alfieri
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Alfredo Chetta
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Keywords

Paratracheal air cyst, Tracheal diverticulum, Bronchogenic cyst.

Abstract

We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with an occasional image of a wide paratracheal oval air cyst of not easy definition. Patient had never received a chest X-ray and she had never suffered from symptoms that needed to investigate the trachea or the neck. The diagnostic hypothesis was a wide tracheal diverticulum or a bronchogenic cyst.  

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Published
Jun 7, 2018
DOI https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5610

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Crisafulli E, Lazzari C, Longo C, Bernardinello N, Alfieri V, Chetta A. Spot the trachea! A wide paratracheal air cyst of not easy definition. Acta Bio Med [Internet]. 2018Jun.7 [cited 2020Aug.3];89(2):260-1. Available from: https://www.mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/5610
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Vol. 89 No. 2 (2018)
Section
Case Reports

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